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Derren Brown - Mind Reader: An Evening of Wonders

Garrick Theatre, West End
From: Friday, 2nd May 2008
To: Saturday, 7 June 2008

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Synopsis

From Channel 4's Derren Brown Mind Control. Not suitable for under 12s

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8 May 2008

According to Derren Brown, Victorian magicians drove themselves mad because of the mental trauma and sheer physical effort of perfecting and performing the legendary Oracle act on stage. Now I wasn’t quite sure if this scary build-up to Brown’s triumphant second-half climax in his new West End show was just another example of a master mentalist’s art of autosuggestion, or if it really was time to look into those eyes and be afraid – be very afraid.

Like everyone else in the Garrick auditorium, I was 100 percent convinced when he actually pulled off the Oracle trick without going potty. But then it’s impossible to imagine a maestro of mind control like Brown being bundled off in a straightjacket while telling random members of the audience what questions they’ve secretly written in sealed envelopes and then proceeding to reveal their innermost lifestyle secrets, like how many gerbils they’ve kept over the years or whether or not a lady in the Upper Circle called Stella wil...

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Quentin - 8 May 2008: starstarstarstarstar

Utterly spellbinding. Derren Brown is great on TV - but live on stage he is just fantastic! Would heartily recommend this show....

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